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A monarch butterfly caterpillars<br /> | A monarch butterfly caterpillars<br /> | ||
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[ | [[File:1- Danaus plexippus Monarch caterpilla.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
[ | [[File:1-Danaus plexippus Monarch caterpillar-003.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
[ | [[File:Monarch Danaus plexippus-13.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
[[File:Caterpillar of the monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus-27.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
The caterpillar has just attached itself to a branch in preparation for forming a chrysalis<br /> | The caterpillar has just attached itself to a branch in preparation for forming a chrysalis<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus-005.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0004/9254/Monarch_Butterfly__Danaus_plexippus-004.JPG T]he next stage of forming a chrysalis<br /> | [http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0004/9254/Monarch_Butterfly__Danaus_plexippus-004.JPG T]he next stage of forming a chrysalis<br /> | ||
[[File:Danaus plexippus Monarch Butterfly-003.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
[[File:Danaus plexippus Monarch Butterfly-004.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
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The monarch butterfly chrysalis<br /> | The monarch butterfly chrysalis<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus-006.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
The monarch butterfly chrysalis with the developing butterfly's wing patterns just visible.<br /> | The monarch butterfly chrysalis with the developing butterfly's wing patterns just visible.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus-007.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
A chrysalis on a swan plant<br /> | A chrysalis on a swan plant<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Asclepias physocarpa Swan plant -013.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Mating butterflies.<br /> | Mating butterflies.<br /> | ||
<br /> | [[File:Monarchs mating.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]<br /> | ||
The butterfly of Danaus plexippus male. Notice the black pheromone releasing spot on each hind wing.[ | The butterfly of Danaus plexippus male. Notice the black pheromone releasing spot on each hind wing.[[File:Monarch butterfly male Danaus plexippus.jpg|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
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Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information:[ | Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: [[%20https:/creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/|https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:53, 24 September 2019
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Danainae
Tribe: Danaini
Genus: Danaus
Species: D. plexippu
Scientific Name: Danaus plexippus
Common Name: Monarch Butterfly
The monarch arrived in New Zealand about 120 years` ago crossing the Pacific from North America. It is New Zealand's largest resident butterfly. Its caterpillar's food is the Swan plant ( Gomphocarpus). Their live cycle is two weeks as a caterpillar, two weeks as a chrysalis and about two months as a butterfly.
Female Monarchs have darker veins on their wings, and the males have a black spot in the centre of each hindwing from which pheromones are released. Males are also slightly larger. See photo at bottom of this page.
A monarch butterfly caterpillars
The caterpillar has just attached itself to a branch in preparation for forming a chrysalis
The next stage of forming a chrysalis
The monarch butterfly chrysalis
The monarch butterfly chrysalis with the developing butterfly's wing patterns just visible.
A chrysalis on a swan plant
Mating butterflies.
The butterfly of Danaus plexippus male. Notice the black pheromone releasing spot on each hind wing.
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
